Agricultural Sciences: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Bioresource Technology	105
2	Computers and Electronics in Agriculture	82
3	Soil Biology & Biochemistry	72
4	Industrial Crops and Products	71
5	Agronomy-Basel	68
6	Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry	63
7	CATENA	59
-	Agriculture-Basel	59
9	Geoderma	57
10	Animals	53
11	Agricultural Water Management	52
12	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	51
13	Agricultural and Forest Meteorology	49
14	Soil & Tillage Research	48
15	Scientia Horticulturae	47
16	Applied Soil Ecology	46
17	Postharvest Biology and Technology	45
18	Poultry Science	44
-	Biomass & Bioenergy	44
20	Horticulturae	43
-	Animal Nutrition	43
22	Field Crops Research	42
23	Agricultural Systems	40
-	Journal of Dairy Science	40
-	Biosystems Engineering	40
26	Crop Journal	38
27	Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture	36
-	Plant and Soil	36
29	Animal	35
-	British Food Journal	35
-	European Journal of Agronomy	35
32	Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	34
-	Land Degradation & Development	34
-	Food Policy	34
-	Biochar	34
-	Journal of Integrative Agriculture	34
37	Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology	33
38	Precision Agriculture	32
-	Pest Management Science	32
-	Horticulture Research	32
-	Agronomy for Sustainable Development	32
42	International Soil and Water Conservation Research	30
43	Pedosphere	29
-	Theoretical and Applied Genetics	29
45	Horticultural Plant Journal	28
46	Rhizosphere	27
47	Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture	26
-	Plant Phenomics	26
-	Journal of Soils and Sediments	26
50	Global Change Biology Bioenergy	25

-	Animal Feed Science and Technology	25
-	Biology and Fertility of Soils	25
53	Agronomy Journal	24
-	Gesunde Pflanzen	24
-	Journal of Animal Science	24
56	Annual Review of Resource Economics	23
-	Soil Use and Management	23
-	European Journal of Soil Science	23
-	Rice	23
60	Agriculture and Human Values	22
-	Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy	22
-	Aquacultural Engineering	22
-	Crop Protection	22
-	Annual Review of Animal Biosciences	22
-	Applied Animal Behaviour Science	22
66	Geoderma Regional	21
-	Animal Frontiers	21
-	Rice Science	21
-	Livestock Science	21
-	Plant Pathology	21
-	Animal Bioscience	21
72	Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection	20
-	Soil Science Society of America Journal	20
-	Soil	20
75	China Agricultural Economic Review	19
-	Crop Science	19
-	Animal Reproduction Science	19
-	Sugar Tech	19
-	Agricultural Economics	19
-	American Journal of Agricultural Economics	19
81	Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition	18
-	Worlds Poultry Science Journal	18
-	Irrigation Science	18
-	Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science	18
85	European Journal of Soil Biology	17
-	European Journal of Plant Pathology	17
-	Journal of Animal Science and Technology	17
-	Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science	17
-	Tropical Animal Health and Production	17
90	Molecular Breeding	16
-	Cogent Food & Agriculture	16
-	Crop & Pasture Science	16
-	Eurasian Soil Science	16
-	Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis	16
-	Potato Research	16
-	Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution	16
-	Agroforestry Systems	16
98	Hortscience	15
-	Animal Biotechnology	15
-	International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability	15
-	Vadose Zone Journal	15
-	Reproduction in Domestic Animals	15
-	Cereal Research Communications	15
-	Outlook on Agriculture	15
-	Journal of Agricultural Economics	15
-	Aquaculture Economics & Management	15
-	Journal of Applied Poultry Research	15
108	Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems	14
-	Small Ruminant Research	14
-	Plant Soil and Environment	14
-	Horticulture Environment and Biotechnology	14
-	Animal Genetics	14
-	Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science	14
114	Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems	13
-	Erwerbs-Obstbau	13
-	European Review of Agricultural Economics	13
-	Agribusiness	13
-	International Journal of Plant Production	13
-	Irrigation and Drainage	13
-	Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics	13
-	Journal of Soil and Water Conservation	13
-	Weed Science	13
123	Canadian Journal of Plant Science	12
-	Pedobiologia	12
-	Plant Breeding	12
-	Annals of Applied Biology	12
-	Journal of Applied Animal Research	12
-	Journal of Reproduction and Development	12
-	Weed Research	12
-	Weed Technology	12
-	Soil Research	12
-	Canadian Journal of Soil Science	12
-	Clays and Clay Minerals	12
-	Euphytica	12
-	International Journal of Fruit Science	12
-	Animal Production Science	12
-	Annals of Agricultural Sciences	12
-	Journal of Agricultural Science	12
-	Journal of Land Use Science	12
-	Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	12
141	Phytoparasitica	11
-	Journal of Dairy Research	11
-	Journal of Horticultural Science & Biotechnology	11
-	Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering	11
-	Tree Genetics & Genomes	11
-	Chilean Journal of Agricultural Research	11
-	Mycobiology	11
-	Domestic Animal Endocrinology	11
-	Grass and Forage Science	11
-	Agricultural & Environmental Letters	11
-	Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics	11
-	Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research	11
-	Breeding Science	11
-	Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems	11
-	Revista Brasileira de Engenharia Agricola e Ambiental	11
156	Paddy and Water Environment	10
-	Agricultural Economics-Zemedelska Ekonomika	10
-	International Food and Agribusiness Management Review	10
-	Animal Science Journal	10
-	Archives Animal Breeding	10
-	Seed Science and Technology	10
-	Czech Journal of Animal Science	10
-	Plant Production Science	10
-	International Agrophysics	10
-	British Poultry Science	10
166	Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics-Revue Canadienne d'Agroeconomie	9
-	Ciencia Rural	9
-	Plant Protection Science	9
-	Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences	9
-	Revista Caatinga	9
-	Soil and Water Research	9
-	Canadian Journal of Animal Science	9
-	Experimental Agriculture	9
-	Agrekon	9
-	American Journal of Potato Research	9

-	International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering	9
-	Arid Land Research and Management	9
-	Journal of Poultry Science	9
179	Journal of Wine Economics	8
-	New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research	8
-	Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B-Soil and Plant Science	8
-	Horticulture Journal	8
-	Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences	8
-	Indian Journal of Animal Sciences	8
-	Journal of Agricultural Engineering	8
-	Archives of Animal Nutrition	8
-	Journal of Plant Registrations	8
-	Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Pecuarias	8
-	New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science	8
-	Engenharia Agricola	8
-	Bragantia	8
192	Czech Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding	7
-	Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture	7
-	Acta Scientiarum Polonorum-Hortorum Cultus	7
-	Grassland Science	7
-	American Journal of Enology and Viticulture	7
-	Italian Journal of Agronomy	7
-	Journal of Agricultural Sciences-Tarim Bilimleri Dergisi	7
-	Biological Agriculture & Horticulture	7
-	Acta Scientiarum-Agronomy	7

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